Suggestion - Build or Buy

[treyhaislip]

Thank you all for the awesome advice and suggestions!

I pulled the trigger on Reverb only have the transaction fall through twice (turned out to be my bank's fraud protection that required I call despite answering "yes" to the text message about fraud.)

Decided to go with Warmoth instead...that way I get all of the specs I care about (stainless steel frets, fretboard radius, color, etc.) Will be doing a 7/8 Warhead Tele project for the same scale and bridge type. Was able to score a good price on a set of Fralin P90s...key differences will be an Ebony board (instead of Rosewood I presume) and a Bolt-On Neck instead of Set.

Thank you guys again, I sincerely appreciate all of the input!

[Mincer]

Congrats on the Warmoth, then (I have a body coming)! Warmoth just put out a video explaining that things are taking longer, so expect about 12 weeks or so.

[treyhaislip]

Congrats on the Warmoth, then (I have a body coming)! Warmoth just put out a video explaining that things are taking longer, so expect about 12 weeks or so.

Thanks!

I saw where they were behind already—the body and neck I ordered will be unfinished so that will at least save some time.

[Mincer]

Thanks!

I saw where they were behind already—the body and neck I ordered will be unfinished so that will at least save some time.

Oh that should save a lot of time!

[ArtieToo]

Hey Trey. Cool project. It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. But, sorry for the dumb question, what do you mean by 7/8 Tele? Do you mean a Tele that's 1/8th smaller than standard?

[treyhaislip]

Oh that should save a lot of time!

I'm hoping so! But I don't think it will be the normal 4-5 weeks for unfinished build to orders.

Hey Trey. Cool project. It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. But, sorry for the dumb question, what do you mean by 7/8 Tele? Do you mean a Tele that's 1/8th smaller than standard?

I'm hoping it turns out well!

Not a dumb question and you are correct–the 7/8 Strats and Teles are slightly smaller (but still take normal pickups and bridges.) They use a 24 fret neck with the 24 3/4" scale.

[alex1fly]

Enjoy the project. I've drooled over 7/8 Warmoth builds. It's really cool that they've built that out as a standard option for folks that want Fendereyness without the extra reach that 25.5" scale requires. It's amazing what a few fractions of an inch can do for comfort on the fingerboard.

[ArtieToo]

Not a dumb question and you are correct–the 7/8 Strats and Teles are slightly smaller (but still take normal pickups and bridges.) They use a 24 fret neck with the 24 3/4" scale.

Cool. Learn something new every day.

[Mincer]

I wanted to do a 7/8 build, but wasn't into the 24 frets. I settled on a Gibson conversion 22 fret neck for mine.

[treyhaislip]

I've owned one before–wish I hadn't sold it (couldn't get it to sound right through my rig at the time and lost patience after switching pickups out.)

The size difference is really not that noticeable to me–they are cool guitars.